My entry for the May 2019 Dina Wakley Facebook group challenge

This is my entry for the Dina Wakley Facebook group May 2019 challenge:  "Happiness is not a station you arrive at but a manner of traveling".  The challenge was to do something in watercolor.  This was a cotton rag page in my Dina journal and I used eggplant, Lime, Olive and black scribble sticks watered down as my watercolor background - did some stamping with my black scribble stick.  I used dina's stamp set "Text and scribbles" and my sewing machine on some strips and circles cut from leftover gell plate prints.  The title is from Verses rubber stamp company "Along the way".  the circle and stitches stamped on the background is a stamp set from Carabelle Studios SA60184.  The butterfly is from a Roben Marie Smith downloadable.

Art Journal page for Feb 2019 Dina Wakley Facebook challenge "Love your Lettering"

This is my entry to the Feb 2019 Dina Wakley "Love your lettering" Challenge on Facebook.  I used Dina "Abstract figures", and Scribbly Circles stamp sets.  I used scribble sticks as watercolor and on the scribbly circles stamp for stamping.  I wrote along the edges of the figures and wrote my title.  The design was done on a piece of tracing paper and attached to the journal page.

My art journal entry for the November Dina Wakley Facebook challenge.

My entry for the Dina Wakley Facebook November challenge to use your favorite Dina products.  The background on this page started off with leftovers pressed onto the background from the Dina "Viney" and "Spaced Dots" stencils from another project.  I added some more circles with the Dina Scribbly Circles stamp set.  I used torn pieces of old gelli plate papers, a honeycomb diecut using Tim Holtz mixed media die and some leftover pieces of burlap.  The bee was colored with my scribble sticks.

Dina Wakley Facebook group Challenge for this Month - create art using as least one Dina product about your favorite season

This is my entry for the Dina Wakely facebook group October challenge to create a piece of artwork about your favorite season using at least one Dina Product.  I used her scribble sticks as watercolor to paint this fall leaf.

Journal page with acrylic paints, scribble sticks, Dina Wakley Scribbly insects stamp set and dies

This is another art journal page I completed in my Dina Wakley journal - the background was just leftover acrylic paint from the previous page that I scraped onto this page.  I used Dina Wakley Scribbly insects stamp set, two dies - one a flower spray and one a netting die and Verses "Along the way" stamp set, tissue paper and matte medium.  I have a process video on my youtube channel for completing this page

My teabag art for today - mixed media bird on a used teabag

My teabag art for today.  This was a used teabag primed with clear gesso.  The background was created with Dina Wakley scribble sticks in browns and greens and cheddar.  When dry I lightly stamped text in the background with Tim Holtz archival ink.  I cut out the birds on branches on my silhouette cameo in brown cardstock and applied that.  Then I made a little grouping of a small envelope with tag and applied a hexagon, moss, raffia, branch, and bird.  The word was a clear sticker applied to white cardstock.

My teabag art for today - another abstract made using Dina Wakley Scribble Sticks

My teabag art for today.  I wasn't really able to get a good image on this one.  It has silver embossing powder and silver metallic rub ons added but one image looks dull and pewter-like and the other has too much reflection.  

This was a used teabag unprimed and the background was made with Dina Wakley scribble sticks - once dry I added strips of patterned tissue paper with matte medium and dried this.  I then dyed some muslin fabric circles with scribble sticks and applied with gel medium.  These were outlined with night scribble stick and Stabilo all pencil and activated with water.  I stamped some circles with versamark ink pad and Dina Wakley scribbly circles background stamp and applied silver embossing powder and heat set.  Then I rubbed on some silver metallic rub ons in and around the circles.  I added a bit of doodling with posca pens.

My teabag art for today is an Abstract on a used teabag

My teabag art for today is another Abstract.  This was a used teabag primed with white gesso.  I used several coats of Dina Wakley black and cheddar scribble sticks as watercolor on the background until I got the intensity I wanted.  When it was dry I stenciled in the background through a Donna Downey script stencil with black and white acrylic then stamped "Happiness, Long Life, Love" from an asian Stamp set I have using versamark ink and embossed with gold embossing powder and then added gold embossing powder circles around them.  I then added gold metallic thread with gold seed beads in the Love circle.

To reach new heights... Art journal page

To reach new heights... art journal page done in my dina Wakley Journal on a Kraft page - I love how the colors pop on the Kraft paper.  Products used:  

DW Journal

DW night and lime green acrylics

White gesso

Spice Marmalade oxide inks

Stencils

DW scribble sticks in Cheddar, night and lime as watercolor

Bird die cuts from my Silhouette Cameo

twine died with cheddar scribble stick

Foam tape

I used die cut birds as masks and applied the night paint over them so that when I glued down my birds with foam tape they would have a shadow around them.

Bloom where you are planted Art Journal page

Another mixed media art journal page completed "Bloom where you are planted".  The background on this page was done on my gel press plate with alcohol inks although not much of it still shows.  Also the flowers are more intense in person but my scanner does not pick up intense colors very well.

Products used:

Texture Paste

Dark Room Door 9x12 Circles stencil

Dina Wakley scribble sticks

printed tissue paper

acrylic paints

Mickey Choo stamp set

Inside Out Alphabet Die set By Sizzlit

Black Liquid Acrylic in a fine liner bottle

Manual typewriter.

Another Completed Art Journal page: Fashions Fade, Style is Eternal

Another art journal page completed in my Dina Wakley Journal on the Burlap page.  I stitched the title with thin cotton yarn.  The background was done with scribble sticks.  

My paper doll was drawn by referencing Jane Davenport's Fabulous Figures Book.  I colored the paper doll by using the scribble sticks as watercolor.  The clothes were cut out of patterned paper and striped vellum.  I attached the purse with a bit of chain and 2 jump rings and her necklace are seed beads on thread.

The tag and arrows were created on my Ranger Gel press plate using acrylic paints and stencils.

New Art Journal Page completed following along with Jane Davenport's Fabulous Figures Book

Another Art Journal page completed following along with Jane Davenport's Fabulous Figures Book.  I used Acrylic paints, Posca Pens, Dina Wakley Scribble Sticks, Jane Davenport Power pastels, Liquitex iridescent medium on the dress.

Art Journal page using Dina Wakley Scribble Sticks

This Art journal page started with some decoupage (using matte medium) of some scrapbook papers.  My lady was scribbled with Dina Wakley scribble sticks and then they were activated with water.  I added cheddar, umber and blushing and then redefined her face with the black scribble stick. I stamped my sentiment with black ink but it didn't show up so I went over it with my white posca pen.